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Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
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#52I'm thankful for the furry community. I was alone, extremely confused about gender and sexuality, and really not sure I was going to make it another month way back in 2013 before stumbling on some furry art. Going down that rabbit hole helped me find acceptance, affirmation, confidence, and new hobbies I never considered before. A furry podcast (Furcast/Friday Night Tech) set me on the path to making music, and that's been a huge boost to my life.
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#53I'm thankful for my city. I finally moved to Chicago from from rural Indiana and I feel like I've finally found where I belong.
I'm thankful for my mental health therapist who has helped me greatly in dealing with relationship issues and mental health problems in general.
I'm thankful for my business coach, who got me out of a rut in my freelance career and introduced me to a whole new world of effectiveness.
I'm thankful for a comment a friend made the other day. He knew me about 5 years ago when I was playing around with livestreaming on Twitch.tv. Yesterday he and I were video calling and he commented that "you've really become a lot more poised and confident in front of the camera and your speech is a lot smoother." I've wondered if I really am making progress on social anxiety and that was really encouraging.
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#54I'm thankful for getting cured of my chronic back pain of 10+ years just because of one HN comment (1). I was at a point in my life where my whole life used to revolve around my pain but thanks to this one comment I was cured of this terrible misery in just less than a month. So thank you HN and thank you @ceras for making my life so much better.
P.S I'm happy to say that propogating that knowledge had that exact same effect for another HNer who was also suffering from the same fate (actually he was contemplating suicide by his own comment and he too was healed like me(2).
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#55Separation of church and state.
Out of curiosity, which country are you from where this is followed?
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#56I'm thankful for this website.
As a middle-aged developer in a fly-over state,this site has helped me to stay current for years. I can't think of a single other site that has impacted my career even half as much.
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#57I am thankful for my new job. After graduating, I worked at a defense contractor for over a year and got tasked with basically nothing and had no one care about results, staying current, or learning, and I felt it. They kept saying things would change when I got my security clearance, but as I talked to more and people, I realized that it wouldn't be enough of a change, so I switched industries. In my new role, I am learning a ton (because they decided to hire me even though I didn't have the knowledge they originally wanted) and I am loving it. My team is super helpful and I'm reminded why I first enjoyed programming and problem solving.
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#58I am thankful for my new job. After graduating, I worked at a defense contractor for over a year and got tasked with basically nothing and had no one care about results, staying current, or learning, and I felt it. They kept saying things would change when I got my security clearance, but as I talked to more and people, I realized that it wouldn't be enough of a change, so I switched industries. In my new role, I am…
That's great! It feels so good to be doing something you want to do.
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#59Thank you for the software.
Thank you for the hardware.
Thank you for the Internet.
Thank you for the Telecomms.
Thank you for the Electricity Supply.
Thank you for the Power Stations.
Thank you for the Oil, Gas and Renewables.
And thank you for the coffee mug my kids gave me.
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#60Typescript